Fav Italian Foods
 

What's the best food to eat in Italy in six days?

If you are in Milano - you've got to try the Risotto - any flavor!!! It is (according to some locals I know) a specialty in that region and you'll see why once you've tried it!!!<BR><BR>Lily

Thanks!

I agree with risotto--my fav is with porcini mushrooms. Most of the veal dishes are excellent[vitello], the Tuscan hearty soups are a pleasure, but the national treasure is gelato. The pasta dishes are obvious to you. Have fun and eat well--it is hard not to.

Italian food is very regional. what region(s) will you be in?

Gelato EVERYWHERE!!!<BR><BR><BR>Northern Italy-- risottos<BR>Rome-- lamb and artichokes<BR>Florence - Beef and beans<BR>Sicily- fish and veg<BR><BR>pasta ...anywhere ..it will just be different<BR><BR>wines of the region!!!!

Sicily: granite (ices), pastries, eggplant dishes, fish in unusual ways, wild greens, fruits<BR><BR>pasta more in the south, polenta in the north, rice all over<BR><BR>north-central: high quality meats and mushrooms<BR><BR>south interior: dried sausages, greens, beans, hot peppers<BR><BR>cheeses all over<BR><BR>olive oil: central and south and Sicily<BR><BR>Venice: fish<BR>

In the Naples area, insalata Caprese, without a doubt, and spaghetti pomodoro and any pizza.

Anything with truffles!!<BR><BR>also in the spring in Rome, there is abraccio--roast suckling lamb. very nice!!

gelato, cinghiale (wild boar), gelato, both white and black truffles (in pasta sauce, yum), gelato, nettle sauce on pasta, gelato, insalata caprese, gelato, bresaola, gelato. Whew. I think I just gained 5 lbs.

Simple foods like fritto mare, pizza margherita, spaghetti marinara, & gelato